Social Studies Lesson for
5th and 6th grade
2009-2010 Sacred Heart School
Lesson Overview (pgs 40-41): Geograpy Skills
Lesson Focus/Purpose: This lesson’s purpose is to have students understand the difference between latitude and longitude and to be able to identify latitude and longitude on a map or globe.
Procedure:
Write latitude and longitude on the board.
Define each word on the board.
Break the students into five groups. 7 mins for each group with 1 min for rotating.
Group one will identify the 5 stars on the globe, and write down the long and lat locations.
Group two will have to figure out what countries are located at what spots on a globe.
Group three will work on the website:
http://www.abcya.com/childrens_latitude_and_longitude_practice.htm
Groupfour will work on page 40-41 in their book. Read and do the reviewing the skill on page 41.
Group five will play GeoSafari.
Materials:
Two globes
Computer
Social Studies book
End of Lesson Reminder: Even though we have GPS to help us get from place to place, we still need to have these Geography Skills to help us in life.
Blow up Globe Regular Globe
Greenland, 70 & 40 23N, 82W Havana, Cuba
Srilanka, 8 & 80 17N, 76W Kingston, Jamaica
Tasmania, 42 & 147 18N, 69W Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Iowa, 40 & 92 20N, 89W Merida, Mexico
Hawaii 20 & 158 18N, 72W Port au Prince, Haiti
